loss? The cochlear implant in Singapore can help you hear again. An individual will suffer hearing loss when the hair cells in the inner ear or the cochlea are badly damaged. There are many possible reasons why the hair cells will be damaged‚ such as exposure to loud sound or noise‚ head trauma‚ and virus or disease. If left untreated‚ it will lead to hearing impairment. Today‚ the cochlear implant is getting lots of attention from people who have a hearing disability. This implant enables the
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hard of hearing individuals have an option that they can wait to choose from their entire lives- being deaf or getting a cochlear implant. Both of these choices have their own clear benefits and risks involved‚ but someone can only pick one. I chose this topic because I think that people need to know the benefits and downfalls of being either deaf or having a cochlear implant. I used to have a friend who was deaf‚ and I quickly learned that I could not communicate with her like I could with everyone
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that we should consider before getting a cochlear implant. This is an important subject because 98% of Deaf children are born to hearing parents and these parents do not understand what being Deaf really means. Most of these parents resort to a cochlear implant before fully understanding what the consequences could be. A cochlear implant is a mechanical device that replaces the function of of a damaged ear‚ generally used for Deaf people. This implant is surgically implanted into the head by
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auditory bones‚ and the inner ear containing the cochlear and associated nerves. Sound is perceived in the brain through a mechanism that transforms auditory information encoded in the vibrations of the eardrum to electronic pulses that becomes transmitted through the auditory nerves in the brain. The cells that stimulate the nerve fibers and transduce the vibrational signal to electrical signal are the hair cells in the cochlea. A cochlear implant is designed to act in place of these cells (Christiansen
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Brenna Weaver 25 September 2014 Fred Palchick ALS I Risks and Benefits of Cochlear Implants Whether a cochlear implant will be beneficial to a person depends on that individual altogether. Age‚ compatibility‚ and funding are all important factors that help decide if a cochlear implant will be beneficial or even available. Age is very critical because in human development there is a sensitive period with hearing. A sensitive period is a certain amount of time that is given for a person to be exposed
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these interventions are specifically directed to alter‚ eliminate‚ or correct non-life threatening conditions. Cochlear implants are a technology in the branch of Biomedicine‚ which attempts to cure deafness. When surgically implanted and given specific appropriate conditions‚ this instrument can help provide some sense of sound to persons who naturally cannot hear. Cochlear Implants also known as CIs create: Acoustic signals‚ which are received by an external microphone and transmitted‚ to a CCU
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firmly believe that the cochlear implant operation should be able to be performed on young children even though they cannot give consent. After watching Sound and Fury multiple times‚ I can see why some people would not want themselves or their children to receive cochlear implants. They have a fear that they would abandon the deaf culture and they would lose their deaf identity. However‚ this movie has also given me more insight on the advantages of receiving a cochlear implant and how important it
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Mikaela Del Rio ASL 1 Mrs. Martin 20 January 2015 Cochlear Implant RST Imagine a world where no one changed anything about themselves‚ in the fear of changing their identity. No one would have braces and there would be a lot of crooked teeth. Nobody would get haircuts‚ and there would be a lot of unmanageable long hair. But if you really think about it‚ these things could never change who you are‚ they only enhance what you can become. People get braces so nobody makes them uncomfortable when they
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Cochlear Implant A cochlear implant is a small device that provides direct electrical stimulation to the auditory (hearing) nerve in the inner ear. It was developed to help children and adults with a severe to profound hearing loss who cannot be helped with hearing aids may be helped with cochlear implants. This type of hearing loss is called ‘sensorineural‚’ which means there is damage to the tiny hair cells in the part of the inner ear called the cochlea. Because of this damage‚ sound cannot
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Julia is a 10-year-old girl with a cochlear implant and is in the process of getting a second implant in a few weeks. In this video interview‚ she is asked a series of questions from her older cousin. Julia presents with language development issues that are a possible result of her hearing loss. Julia does appear to be able to read lips and does have some sign language abilities. During the interview‚ if Julia did not hear the question‚ she would say “what” and look directly at her cousin’s face
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